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| Դարուհի Կամսարական | |
 Self-portrait of Daria Gamsaragan, plaster | |
| Born | 24 April 1907 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Died | 1 March 1986 Paris, France |
| Other names | Anna Sarag, Daria Kamsarakan |
| Citizenship | Egypt (1907–), France (1967–) |
| Education | Académie de la Grande Chaumière |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, writer |
| Known for | Sculptor, medallist |
| Spouse | Imre Gyomai (m. 1926–1939; seperated) |
| Partner | Georges E. Vallois (1939–1945) |
Daria Gamsaragan (1902–1986; Armenian: Դարուհի Կամսարական) was an Egyptian-born Armenian visual artist and writer, known for her work as a sculptor and medalist. She specialized in miniature sculpture, and had worked for jewelers and fashion houses such as Chanel. She used the pseudonym of Anna Sarag for her writings.
Early life and education
Daria Gamsaragan was born on 24 April 1907, in Alexandria, Egypt, to parents of Armenian heritage from Constantinople. Her father Armenak Bey Gamsaragan and his family had been in the tobacco business for multiple generations. She grew up speaking Arabic, Armenian, French, and Turkish. Gamsaragan graduated from the private high school Lycée Français d'Alexandrie in 1924.
She attended art class at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and studied under Antoine Bourdelle, Joseph Csaky, and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant.
Gamsaragan married Hugarian journalist Imre Gyomai in 1926 in Alexandria, and they settled down to live in Paris for the next ten years.
Career
By 1939, she and Gyomai separated, and she started seeing Georges E. Vallois, a journalist with Libération newspaper. After the war ended in 1945, Gamsaragan and Vallois separated.
In 1967, she became a French national.
References
- ^ "Gamsaragan, Daria". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00070369. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Rivière, Anne (2017). Dictionnaire des Sculptrices en France (in French). Éditions Mare & Martin. p. 221. ISBN 979-10-92054-57-6.
- ^ Reboul, Elisa (2021). "Entre la France et l'Égypte : Daria Gamsaragan (1902–1986), sculptrice aux frontières de l'imaginaire". Art and Art History (in French): 430 – via Dumas.
- Akoun, J. P. A. (2005). "Gamsaragan, Daria (Mme) – 1907–1986 (ET)". Akoun: Répertoire Biographique d'Artistes de Tous Pays des XIXe et XXe siècles. CV-XIX-XX (in French). Cote de l'amateur. p. 585. ISBN 978-2-85917-429-3.
- "Palm Beach Notes... Sculptor's Work Shows Warmth, Vitality". The Palm Beach Post. 1963-04-28. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Le Quotidien " Libération " Cesse De Paraître". Le Monde (in French). November 28, 1964. Retrieved 2025-01-06.